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Ending Another Year With Dementia

With the end of another year approaching, it is a good time to review the past year and make some goals for the next. Long ago, I stopped making promises like "I will lose weight". Instead, I push myself to make small steps in improving my quality of life. Knowing this, I will use this blog to log in my 2011 assessment and my goals for... Read moreChevron
posted 12/30/2011, comments (2)|
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Resolve to Add 5 Nutrients to Your Diet in 2012 to Protect Your Brain

Since it’s time for New Year’s resolutions, here’s a good one to make if you’re worried (like I am) about developing Alzheimer’s sometime in your life. Time.com reporter Alice Park is reporting on a new study that is the first of its kind to link five specific nutrients that we consume to cognitive performance and the... Read moreChevron
posted 12/29/2011, comment (1)|
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Looking Back on 2011 Alzheimer's Research: Are We Stuck In a Rut?

As the year comes to a close it's tempting to look back and consider the progress (or lack of) that has been made with regard to the understanding and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Every so often something occurs that makes me sit up and pay attention. For example, the line we usually trot out about the risk for Alzheimer's disease is that... Read moreChevron
posted 12/28/2011, comment (1)|
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Studies indicate lack of oxygen to the brain could be behind many cases of Alzheimer’s

Why some elders develop Alzheimer’s disease and others do not remains a medical puzzle, but researchers are coming closer to understanding the process. An article on The Alzheimer’s Forum website reports on the results of two new human studies connecting loss of oxygen to the brain with Alzheimer’s. Recently, researchers led... Read moreChevron
posted 12/27/2011, comments (0)|
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Forgetting Medication.

medication is great if you take it.  My Mom was always forgetting.  Last year she took three days at once and it put her in the ER.  A Nurse friend of mine told me about MEDQ PIllbox.  It is an aa-in-one electronic pill box oraganizer, timer ansd alarm.  It beeps and the individual box flashes at the times my Mom... Read moreChevron
posted 12/24/2011, comments (0)|
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